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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Mazzio, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Beat Schenk, Paoli, PA (US);
Dianne Herrin, Brandamore, PA (US);
Assignee:
Synthes U.S.A., Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 54 ; 606 56 ;
Abstract
A clamp for fixing bone pins or wires to an external frame is disclosed. The clamp has a central post, an upper vise plate and a lower vise plate urged together on the post, by a spring for provisional placement, a nut for positively locking the vise plates together on a frame, and a pin clamp that can be moved along the axis of the central post, and can receive and clamp either a bone pin or a bone wire. The pin or wire has unlimited angular movement in two planes. The clamp is a captive unit that requires no intraoperative assembly.